Comb and brush set



Julie 13, 1939. jK P LM N 2,162,581

' COME AND BRUSH 1 INVENTOR, F51. x Kama-AMA BY gM/M ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 13, 1939- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMB AND BRUSH SET Application March 3, 1939, Serial No. 259,500

7 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in combined comb and brush sets and has for one of its objects to provide an improved device of simple and practical construction wherein a comb and brush are so connected that the teeth and bristles thereof may be arranged relative to each other for simultaneous use, or may be separated so that either may be used individually.

Another object is to encase a comb. and brush within a holder, wherein said comb and brush are releasably held by cooperating elements, one of which extends through a portion of said holder from which said element may be withdrawn by a 15 relative movement between other portions of the holder.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combination comb and brush set constructed in accordance with the invention and showing the teeth of the comb and bristles of the brush arranged in juxtaposition.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 2--2 of Figure 1, the dotted lines indicating the position to which the brush may be adjusted relative to the comb when it is desired to use either of the elements individually.

Figure 3 is a perspective view, similar to Figure 1, showing the brush and comb adjusted for individual use.

Figure 4 is a section substantially on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a. perspective view of a comb and brush set showing another form of the invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the comb shown in Figure 5.

Figure '7 is a similar view of the brush of Figure 5.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a comb and brush set illustrating still another form of the invention in which the comb and brush are encased within a holder or housing.

Figure 9 is an end elevation of the holder shown in Figure 8, the dotted lines indicating an adjustment of a portion of the holder which permits of the release of the comb or brush from the housing.

Figure 10 is a perspective view, similar to Figure 8, and showing the comb adjusted to operative position. v

Figure 11 is a section substantially on the line |l--|I of Figure 10.

Figure 12 is a section substantially on the line l2-l2 of Figure 10, but showing both the comb and brush adjusted to operative positions a ong side each other, and,

Figure 13 is an end elevation of the device of Figure 8 showing the comb and brush in operative positions.

Referring more particularly to Figures 1 to 4, the device herein shown comprises a comb consisting of the back [5 which may be made of any desired stock, and which has extending from one edge thereof the usual teeth l6. Associated with this comb is a brush consisting of the back I! and the single longitudinal row of bristles I8. accordance with the present invention and the embodiment now being described, these two separate elements, namely, the comb and brush are permanently interconnected by a tubular pivot H! which has its ends swaged to engage the outer faces of the backs l5 and II, the inner faces thereof being in abutting relation. With the comb and brush thus connected and arranged in the position of Figures 1 and 2, the bristles l8 will be disposed along the teeth l6 of the comb in close proximity thereto so that said bristles will be effective in brushing the hairas the comb is employed. To releasably retain the elements in the position just referred to, one of them, such as the back I! of the brush, may be provided adjacent each end thereof and in its inner face with recesses 20 into which extend the studs 2| formed on the inner opposed face of the back 15 of the comb. When so engaged, the two backs I5, I! are frictionally retained in position, but may be released from said position by a relative movement of one of the backs about the pivot IS, the material of said backs having suflicient resiliency to permit of the studs 2| riding out of the recesses when said pivotal movement is effected. Thus, as shown in Figure 3, the brush may be turned about the pivot H! to a reverse position from that shown in Figure 1 with the teeth l6 and. bristles l8 separated from each other and extending in opposite directions. The backs I5 and I1 are also frictionally held in such position by engagement of the studs 2|. in the recesses 20 in the reverse position of Figure 4.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 5 to '7, the back 22 of the brush has projecting from its inner face adjacent one end thereof the headed stud 23, while at its opposite end said back is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 24 in which is pivotally mounted a latch 25. The back 26 of the comb is provided in each end thereof with the notches 2! and 28, the former of which is adapted to receive the shank of the stud 23, while the notch 28" receives the shank of the latch 25, when the comb and brush are assembled, as in Figure 5, with the bristles of the brush arranged alongside the, teeth of the comb. In this manner the two elements are releasably maintained in cooperative relation and when it is desired to use either of them individually, the

latch 25 may be swung about its pivot so as to be disengaged from the notch 28, whereupon the comb 21 may be swung about the stud 23 as a pivot, or may be completely detached from the brush.

The form of the invention shown in Figures 8 V to 13 provides for encasing the comb and brush 29 and 30 within a holder or housing generally indicated by the numeral 3|, and for mounting the same therein in such manner that e'itheror both may be swung to positions wherein the teeth and bristles thereof may be employed for combing and brushing operations.

The housing 3| is made of any suitable material having a degree of flexibility, such as C'elluloid orithe like, andcomprises two side walls 32 and 33 which combine with an intermediate partition or wall 34 to form compartments .for receivingthe comb and brush. These latter elements are permanently connected to the housing by a common pivot 35 which extends through the walls 32, 33,34 and throughthe backsof the comb and brush 29 and 3D. The upper edges of .thewalls 32, '33 and 34 are notches as indicated at 36 so that the backs of the comb andbrush may be grasped toswing the same about their pivot35, as indicated by the position ofvthe comb in Figure 10. One end wall 31 of thehousing is .reduced at its upper end as .indicatedat 38 to form a shoulder upon which the backs of the comb and brush will rest when the sameare swungto their operativelpositionaas best shown in Figures 10 and 13. The other end wall of the housing is formed by the two overlapping flaps :39 and 40 which are pivotally connected together at 4| for a purpose which willtpresently appear.

To releasably retain the comb and brush within the housing, the back of the brush 30 is provided uponits inner face andadjacent one end thereof with a stud 42 which projects througnan opening '43 formed in the intermediate wall 34, and into an opening or recess 44 in the inneriace of the comb back 29, as shown in Figure 11. This interengagement of the parts prevents inadvertent swinging of either the comb or brush about its pivot, but when it is desired to adjust either of said elements to operative positions the stud 42 maybe withdrawn from the recess 44 and'the opening 43-by an initial outward or separating movement of-the portion of the wall 33 adjacent the end Wall formedby the flaps'39'and 40. This lateral or outward movement of thewall 33- is accomplished by exerting inward pressure upon the lower portion of said'walladjacent said end wall, whereupon there will be a pivotal movement of the'wallf33 and its end flap '39 about the pivot 4l,*as indicated'by the dotted'lines in'Figuresll and 11. This separation of the wall 33 from the=wallj34 adjacent the top of the housingpermits of the back of the brush beingshifted lat- *erally outward so as to withdraw the Stud 42 from-the recess-44, whereupon either the brush or thecomb maybe swung about the pivot :35 to the operative position thereof. The resiliency of the .materialof which the wall 33 --is :formed permits the same to restoreto its normal position after pressure thereon is relieved.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, a comb having a back, -a

brush also having a backwooperatingmeansbetween the backs of said comb "and brushforpivotally connecting the same together, and further cooperating inter-engaging means on opposed portions of said backs for releasably retaining the teeth of the comb and bristles of the brush in juxtaposition to each other, the disengagement of the last named cooperating means permitting relative pivotal movement between said comb and brush.

mtlOII.

3, In combination, a comb having a back, a

,brushialso having a back, a pivot extending transversely through said backsintermediate the ends thereof, and means near adjacent ends of said :backs-for releasably retaining the latter elements with their teethand bristles in juxtaposition.

4. In combination, a comb having a back, a brush .also having a back, a stud on one of said backs .adjacentan end thereof, a notch formed in theother back for. receiving said stud and pivotally connecting said backs together, a latch pivoted to the otherend of the first named back,

Hand-a. second latch formed in the adjacent end of said other .back for receiving said latch whereby said backsare maintained in juxtaposition with their teeth and bristles adjacent each other.

5. In combination, a comb and a brush. co-

operating means onsaid comb and brush for pivotally connecting the same, a latching member carried by one of said elements, and means formed in the other element for releasably receiving said'latching member to retain said comb and brush in position with their teeth and bristles adjacent to each other.

6..In combination, ,a comband a brush, a cas- 'ingtherefor having side and intermediate walls 'forming separate compartments for receiving said comband brush, a common pivot for said comb and brush extending through said walls, cooperating'means on said comb and brushfor releasably maintaining the same encased within their "respective compartments, and means connecting said side walls for relative movement therebetween "so that said'cooperating means may be rendered ineffective to permit of relative pivotal movements between said comb and brush.

'7. In combination, a comb and a brush, a oas- "ing therefor having side and intermediate walls forming separate compartments for receiving said combandbrush, a common pivot for said comb andflbrush extending through said walls, a recess formed-in one of the'first named members, a

stud on the otherimember projected through said rintermediate'wall for engagement in said recess to releasably maintain said comb and brush .members encased within their respective compartments, and means to pivotally connect said sideswalls so -thatthesamemay be spread apart '.sufficiently'to-disengage said stud from said recess whereby relative pivotal movementbetween ,said comb and brush' may be eifected.

FELIX KAPELMAN. 

